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>> oh, barack obama. this is barack obama territory. and we will stand in line for two days because as long as you are in line by 7:00 p.m. on tuesday, you can vote. and we have our mayor has opened the elections department. so we have people going in voting with absentee ballots today, which is something that the naacp and democratic party filed a lawsuit in florida and we got permission. so we're working all of the angles but the people who were denied the right to vote during early voting, you will see them in record numbers on tuesday and we will be shuffling them back and forth in buses and taxis and all kinds of transportation to and from the polls and just call us. let us know and we will be there. because this is obama country. >> what's going to happen in ohio, congresswoman fudge? >> reverend al, i am so confident that the president is going to win in ohio. certainly cuyahoga county where i represent is a major portion of the state of ohio as it relates to the democratic vote. understand -- i say this to all of our residents,
>> oh, barack obama. this is barack obama territory. and we will stand in line for two days because as long as you are in line by 7:00 p.m. on tuesday, you can vote. and we have our mayor has opened the elections department. so we have people going in voting with absentee ballots today, which is something that the naacp and democratic party filed a lawsuit in florida and we got permission. so we're working all of the angles but the people who were denied the right to vote during early...
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five days to go, president obama's campaigning in three states today. meanwhile, republicans are going ugly. mitt romney is trying everything he can to shake up the race. that is the real story of what is going on in the campaign now. romney's forces are responding to new polls showing president obama leading in swing states. up by six in iowa, up by five in ohio, and ahead in other key states, including new hampshire, be virginia, florida, wisconsin, colorado, and nevada. and today, a major endorsement coming from new york city's independent mayor michael bloomberg. no question, this is a close race but today in wisconsin the president went after one of the key points in governor romney's closing argument to voters. >> the closing weeks of this campaign, governor romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly. and he is offering them change. he's saying he's the candidate of change. well, let me tell you, wisconsin, we know what change looks like. and what the governor is offeri
five days to go, president obama's campaigning in three states today. meanwhile, republicans are going ugly. mitt romney is trying everything he can to shake up the race. that is the real story of what is going on in the campaign now. romney's forces are responding to new polls showing president obama leading in swing states. up by six in iowa, up by five in ohio, and ahead in other key states, including new hampshire, be virginia, florida, wisconsin, colorado, and nevada. and today, a major...
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tonight he's introducing former president clinton at an obama rally. governor, thanks so much for your time tonight. >> reverend, it's great to be with you, reverend al. thank you. >> now, let me ask you directly. wouldn't extending voting hours be the right thing for governor scott to do here? you did it in 2008 as the governor of florida and you are republican. what would be wrong with scott doing that today? >> there would be nothing wrong with it, reverend. it would be the right thing to do. it's a precious, cherished right and all of us want to have an opportunity to exercise. yesterday i was in miami guard dense in north dade county and the wait was 2 1/2 to three hours. it's unconscienceable to let that go on. the people of florida deserve better and they deserve a right to vote. >> i have been down in florida with the nonpartisan voting and i saw the lines last weekend in miami-dade and broward, all over the state. some waiting as much as three and four hours. we would want people to vote. what exactly is behind this idea of stopping people fro
tonight he's introducing former president clinton at an obama rally. governor, thanks so much for your time tonight. >> reverend, it's great to be with you, reverend al. thank you. >> now, let me ask you directly. wouldn't extending voting hours be the right thing for governor scott to do here? you did it in 2008 as the governor of florida and you are republican. what would be wrong with scott doing that today? >> there would be nothing wrong with it, reverend. it would be the...
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that obama won in 2008. but just 91,000 nonmid term voters had done so in ohio's predominantly republican counties. do you feel the inference here is that some people are dealing with partisan politics here? >> well, look, hamilton county a swing county. president obama won this county narrowly under 2008. when i surveyed this line yesterday, it was predominantly obama voters. >> it was felt this voter suppression was in voter id. you said, they travel with you. do you feel there las been in many ways a back lack to those attempts, at least in florida, to stifle people from voting? >> i really do, reverend sharpton. as you saw the lines last weekend, they continue the entire week. even yesterday i want it miami gardens in north dade regional library. just me the lines were all the way down the street. people will not be deferred. that's what excites me about this particular election. because people are showing intestinal fortitude. they refuse to be denied. >> no matter who they vote for, we must continue to
that obama won in 2008. but just 91,000 nonmid term voters had done so in ohio's predominantly republican counties. do you feel the inference here is that some people are dealing with partisan politics here? >> well, look, hamilton county a swing county. president obama won this county narrowly under 2008. when i surveyed this line yesterday, it was predominantly obama voters. >> it was felt this voter suppression was in voter id. you said, they travel with you. do you feel there...
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fortunately, president obama came out on top. likely he's going to appoint the successors to ginsburg and even perhaps steven briar. we're going to see what is happening but they have completely ignored the lessons of any election, whether it be 2011 or 2012 and they are going to continue along this path. >> alicia, when you look at scott walker saying the voter registration in wisconsin, let me show you where he says, there's no way we'd be in favor of that, the wisconsin municipal court association says that. but the courts, being conservative, may uphold them on this, which is why the fight is continued. >> you know, we should have -- it should be the easiest day of the year to register to vote. it's the day where there's the greatest interest and instead of having that conversation of how we get more people to vote, we're having a conversation about limiting voter. at least now we're not hearing this jargon about voter fraud. now we're hearing an entirely new mythology about the fact that we have poll workers simply too overw
fortunately, president obama came out on top. likely he's going to appoint the successors to ginsburg and even perhaps steven briar. we're going to see what is happening but they have completely ignored the lessons of any election, whether it be 2011 or 2012 and they are going to continue along this path. >> alicia, when you look at scott walker saying the voter registration in wisconsin, let me show you where he says, there's no way we'd be in favor of that, the wisconsin municipal court...